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App. No. 14/928,093

Emergency Text Messaging

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Patent No.
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App. No.
14/928,093
Abstract

A location privacy configuration module enables location determination to emergency services only relating to an emergency text message or emergency text message session. An emergency text message transmitted to an emergency number is routed to an emergency text message server, which initiates an emergency text indicator for each emergency text message, and requests location information for the emergency texting device by transmitting the emergency text indicator and a location request to a location determination server. Location of the emergency texting device may be obtained without acquiring customer authorization for location determination. The originating text messaging device acknowledges receipt of the emergency text indicator/location request combination and checks the location privacy setting configured thereon. Location determination is permitted if configured to permit location determination if emergency text messaging.

Claims (49)

1 - 14 . (canceled)

15 . A method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device, comprising:

receiving, at a text messaging device, a location request message with an indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said text messaging device;

determining a privacy configuration of said text messaging device is set to restrict location determination by said text messaging device in response to said location request message with said indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said text messaging device; and

denying location information from said text messaging device in response to said location request message including said indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said text messaging device.

16 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

routing said indictor depicting authority to obtain location for said text messaging device, over an emergency interface.

17 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 16 , wherein:

wherein said emergency interface is an MLP ELIR.

18 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

routing said indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said text messaging device, back to said text messaging device without sending a consent request to said text messaging device.

19 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein said network-based server comprises:

a physical location based services (LBS) server.

20 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein:

said location request message is associated with a text message.

21 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 20 , wherein said text message comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

22 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 20 , wherein:

said location request message originates from a source that received said text message.

23 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein said denying location information comprises:

returning a restricted response to said network-based server.

24 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein said network-based server comprises:

a physical location based services (LBS) server.

25 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein said network-based server comprises:

an emergency text message server.

26 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein:

said network-based server identifies said location request message as being related to an established emergency session including said text message.

27 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting an acknowledgement message acknowledging receipt of said text message.

28 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 15 , wherein:

said location information is denied from said text messaging device in response to non-emergency location requests.

29 . A method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device, comprising:

receiving a location request message with an indicator depicting authority to obtain location for a given text messaging device, said indicator indicating that said received location request message is in association with a given text message, and that no consent need be sent to said given text messaging device that originated said text message during a location determination process to locate said given text messaging device;

determining that a location privacy setting in said text messaging device indicates location determination by said text messaging device is restricted in response to said location request including said indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said given text messaging device; and

denying location information from said text messaging device in response to said location request message including said indicator depicting authority to obtain location for said given text messaging device.

30 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 29 , wherein said text message comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

31 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 29 , wherein

said location request message originates from a source that received said text message.

32 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 31 , wherein said text message comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

33 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 29 , further comprising:

returning a restricted response to a network-based server.

34 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 33 , wherein said network-based server comprises:

a physical location based services (LBS) server.

35 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 29 , further comprising:

transmitting an acknowledgement message acknowledging receipt of said text message.

36 . The method of providing location privacy to a text messaging wireless device according to claim 29 , wherein:

said location information is denied from said text messaging device in response to non-emergency location requests.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: UNG, DARA
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036923/0941 →